Mazmur 126:2
Konteks126:2 At that time we laughed loudly
and shouted for joy. 1
At that time the nations said, 2
“The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”
Yesaya 5:16
Konteks5:16 The Lord who commands armies will be exalted 3 when he punishes, 4
the sovereign God’s authority will be recognized when he judges. 5
Yehezkiel 20:14
Konteks20:14 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Yehezkiel 38:23
Konteks38:23 I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Yehezkiel 39:7
Konteks39:7 “‘I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 6
Yehezkiel 39:27-28
Konteks39:27 When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations. 39:28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile 7 any longer.
[126:2] 1 tn Heb “then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with a shout.”
[126:2] 2 tn Heb “they said among the nations.”
[5:16] 3 tn Or “elevated”; TEV “the Lord Almighty shows his greatness.”
[5:16] 4 tn Heb “by judgment/justice.” When God justly punishes the evildoers denounced in the preceding verses, he will be recognized as a mighty warrior.
[5:16] 5 tn Heb “The holy God will be set apart by fairness.” In this context God’s holiness is his sovereign royal authority, which implies a commitment to justice (see the note on the phrase “the sovereign king of Israel” in 1:4). When God judges evildoers as they deserve, his sovereignty will be acknowledged.
[5:16] sn The appearance of מִשְׁפָט (mishpat, “justice”) and צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “fairness”) here is rhetorically significant, when one recalls v. 7. There God denounces his people for failing to produce a society where “justice” and “fairness” are valued and maintained. God will judge his people for their failure, taking “justice” and “fairness” into his own hands.
[39:7] 6 sn The basic sense of the word “holy” is “set apart from that which is commonplace, special, unique.” The
[39:28] 7 tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear.